Passive voice[1]

1. Passive Voice Subject to be verb in past participle Present tense Past tense Were / weren´t Was / wasn´t Am/ I ´m not Is / isn´t Are/ aren´t by used when we want to say who or what does T he perfume + is + made +by a company in USA Don Quijote + was + written + by Miguel de Cervantes America + was + discovered + by C. Columbus we use it to emphasize any specific information Receives the action transitive verbs ( verbs that take direct complement)   examples:

2. Used In passive voice, the subject becomes irrelevant, now the action is the most important. T he passive voice often used when interest is unknown or not mention who or what does the action. We use the passive voice with transitive verbs when the focus is the object. The verb to be can be omitted only this when in present